Category: haikai
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“after the heat spell…” a #tanka (4/17/23)
4/17/23: climate change after the heat spell this sudden temperature drop a normal spring if only consistency was a constant norm #tanka#micropoetry#poetry#NaPoWriMo#napowrimo2023#GloPoWriMo#glopowrimo2023
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My Daily #Haiku (4/17/23)
4/17/23: toad summer heat time to leave the barbeque gentle toad #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo #glopowrimo #napowrimo2023 #glopowrimo2023
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My Daily #Haiku (4/16/23)
4/16/23: candlestick “Fra blucher…” “Put the candle(stick) back!” #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo #glopowrimo #napowrimo2023 #glopowrimo2023
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Another Arnold
Were you ever who you claimed to be? betrayed stares your empty smile moving past just another burnt bridge left behind Day 15 of
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Performative Perfection
Poet after poet takes the stage. Each poem, alive in the unique telling of its writer, their cadances conveying their singular vitality. Our heartfelt applause for each one thunders in the cavernous Prudential Hall. Ah, how long until I can partake of all four days of the Dodge Poetry Festival? firelight a blind bard singing…
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My Daily #Haiku (4/15/23)
4/15/23: school rain clouds Spring vacation ends too soon #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #napowrimo #glopowrimo #napowrimo2023 #glopowrimo2023
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A Jaded View
With all due respect, Doctor Williams, is it as simple as you say? Honestly, in my humble opinion, it’s more like: depending on a beat-up oldsmobile it’s flawed gas-gauge reading full, while empty Of course, you do you… white chickens pecking the last of the feed neglected beside them a red wheelbarrow A satire of…
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Punchline Kyoka
I parked my life in the middle of the Web, then told everyone, “Get the hell out of my privacy!” Why do we say “No way!” when there is and “Way” when there’s none? Let them rush If they like, then watch them burn walk your own way: That’s what I’d do for Day 13…
Frank J. Tassone 